Giovannelli e Associati Studio Legale — Italy

Alessandra Pieretti

Alessandra is a partner at Giovannelli e Associati Alessandra advises domestic and international clients, mainly industrials and private equity funds, on corporate and commercial law matters, with specific focus on purchases and dismissals of participating interests and assets, M&A transactions, shareholders agreements, joint-venture and commercial agreements. Alessandra has gained also a significant experience on corporate governance matters and issues connected to the generation shifts of family owned business. · Corporate / M&A

Alessandro Giovannelli

Alessandro is a partner at Giovannelli e Associati. Alessandro advises primarily on mergers and acquisitions, buyouts, joint ventures, corporate reorganizations and restructurings. During the years, Alessandro specialized in the assistance to private equity funds or entrepreneurs in relation to investment transactions or divestitures of companies in Italy or abroad. Alessandro has also advised on several national and international arbitrations relating to M&A transactions and joint ventures. · Corporate / M&A

Andrea Bartolucci

Andrea is a partner at Giovannelli e Associati. Andrea advises issuers and underwriters on international and domestic equity and debt capital markets transactions, including first-time listings and IPOs, rights issues, block trades, debt and convertible securities offerings, eurobonds and MTN programmes, private placements and other exempt offerings. His expertise covers also public M&A transactions, notably tender offers in the context of acquisition deals or delisting and exchange offers, as well as corporate governance and compliance issues. Andrea authors the Securities Transactions Italian chapter for Sweet & Maxwell. · Capital Markets

Andrea Mossa

Andrea is a partner at Giovannelli e Associati. Andrea advises Italian and foreign private equity funds, international groups, start-up, SMEs and listed companies on domestic and cross-border extraordinary transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, minority investments, joint ventures, divestitures, leveraged buyouts and other corporate, commercial and restructuring matters. · Corporate / M&A

Andrea Scarpellini

Andrea is a partner at Giovannelli e Associati. Andrea assists industrial groups and Italian and international companies in matters of labor law and labor law litigation. He also provides labor law assistance in relation to M&A transactions, with a particular focus on the negotiation of management/executive employment contracts and the preparation of management incentive plans, including in the context of listing processes. · Employment & Labor

Diego De Francesco

Diego is a partner at Giovannelli e Associati. He has consolidated relevant experience in the field of international taxation and cross-border transactions, in relation to which he assists Corporate and Private clients. In particular, he specializes in M&A and Private Equity, assisting major investment funds operating in Italy. His expertise focuses on the structuring of investments, management and monitoring, as well as divestments (exit). Diego specializes also in debt restructuring as well as corporate turnaround transactions. · Tax

Enrico Troianiello

Enrico is a partner at Giovannelli e Associati. Enrico advises primarily on mergers and acquisitions, buyouts, joint ventures, corporate reorganizations and restructurings. During the years, Enrico specialized in the assistance to private equity funds or entrepreneurs in relation to investment transactions or divestitures of companies in Italy or abroad and he also dealt with joint ventures betweern industrial companies. · Corporate / M&A

Eugenio Romita

Eugenio is a partner at Giovannelli e Associati. Eugenio advises primarily on corporate taxation (M&A, groups reorganization, litigation, real estate) and finance taxation (equity/mezzanine/debt instruments, capital market, investment funds, debt restructuring): he also focuses on family business’ tax issues. He is statutory auditor of industrial and financial companies. He teaches tax matters at the Master in Taxation of Il Sole 24 Ore Business School (Milan), at Milan State University’s Master in Capital Markets Law, and at the School of Chartered Accountants (Rome). He often speaks in tax seminars and conferences and is author of articles and co-author of books on tax matters. He has been actively involved in the Tax & Legal Commitee of the Italian Private Equity, Venture Capital and Private Debt Association (AIFI) since 2002, and in the International Tax and EU Law Committee at the Chartered Accountants Roll of Rome since 2013. · Tax

Ferrante Paveri Fontana

Ferrante is a partner at Giovannelli e Associati. Ferrante primarily focuses on corporate, financial and commercial law, and has a wide experience on extraordinary corporate transactions, merger and acquisitions, transfers of businesses and shareholdings in the industrial, banking, insurance and energy sectors, joint venture restructuring and private equity agreements. He has a wide experience also in corporate and securities litigation. · Corporate / M&A

Francesco Peruffo

Francesco is a partner at Giovannelli e Associati. He specializes on corporate law and extraordinary transactions. He regularly advises private equity funds and industrial clients on M&A transactions (domestic and cross-border), in turnaround and corporate carve-out contexts as well as on related corporate law matters. Francesco has also gained a solid experience in commercial contracts. · Corporate / M&A

Gianvittorio Giroletti Angeli

Gianvittorio is a partner at Giovannelli e Associati. Gianvittorio’s practice focuses on commercial and corporate law and, mainly, on M&A, particularly with regard to acquisitions and disposals of shareholdings and businesses, leveraged buy-outs, management buy-outs, private equity transactions and joint ventures and related corporate matters. He has also a strong expertise in venture capital. Gianvittorio 's activity includes also capital markets where he advised industrial groups and financial institutions in relation to extraordinary transactions, both equity and debt, on regulated markets. · Corporate / M&A

Giorgio Vaselli

Giorgio is partner at Giovannelli e Associati. Giorgio is specialized in domestic and international taxation and advises enterprises and private clients. He is experienced in advising alternative investment fund managers based either in Italy or abroad, on corporate finance deals (project finance, structured finance, debt restructuring) and in M&A deals; he also assists high net worth individuals, family offices and international sportsmen in tax panning, in settting-up of trusts and in relocations to Italy or abroad; in addition, he is expert of tax aspects of investments in cryptoassets. · Tax

Giovanni Meschia

Giovanni is a partner at Giovannelli e Associati. He specializes in investment funds across all the main asset classes, assisting domestic and international fund managers and sponsors in connection with the structuring and set up of alternative investment funds, including private equity and venture capital funds, private debt and loan origination funds, as well as real estate funds, and regularly advising them on the legal and regulatory framework of their day-to-day activities. His experience encompasses alternative investment schemes with corporate and contractual structures, funds of funds, parallel and co-investment funds, the set-up of branches and carried interest vehicles. He also assists institutional investors, family offices and HNWI with their investments in alternative investment funds, both on primary and secondary markets, as well as with their co-investment transactions with such funds. · Investment Funds

Laura Bernardi

Laura is a partner at Giovannelli e Associati. Laura advises Italian and international investment funds, search funds, family offices, investors active in club deals, industrial groups, SMEs, listed companies and financial institutions on domestic and cross-border extraordinary transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, minority investments, joint ventures, divestments, leveraged buyouts, and investment structuring, as well as on corporate law and corporate finance matters. · Mergers & Acquisitions

Marco Amoruso

Marco is partner at Giovannelli e Associati. Marco provides assistance to Italian and foreign clients (in particular, banks, debt funds, private equity funds, companies and financial institutions) on matters of corporate crisis and insolvency and banking and finance, with a particular focus on restructuring & turn around transactions, DIP financing and distressed M&A. Marco also assists banks, debt funds and companies in relation to corporate lending, LBO, acquisition financing and asset finance transactions. With over fifteen years of experience, Marco has been advising on systemic and innovative transactions since 2009, combining classic ordinary banking activities with restructuring and turn around transactions in a wide range of sectors, from real estate to shipping, from retail to infrastructure. · Banking & Finance

Marco Ettorre

Marco is a partner at Giovannelli e Associati. Marco is a partner of the Firm and a tax lawyer with over twenty years of experience in advising, assisting and representing clients on direct and indirect taxes, both in the corporate sector and for individuals, including artists and professional athletes. He specializes in tax dispute defense, providing advice, assistance and representation both in court and in out-of-court proceedings, including tax audits, rulings, dispute resolution procedures, as well as mutual agreement and arbitration procedures governed by applicable double taxation treaties and multilateral transfer pricing agreements. · Tax

Matteo Colombari

Matteo is a partner at Giovannelli e Associati. Matteo regularly advises on corporate and commercial law, with particular focus on M&A and private equity transactions. He has a significant experience in the sale and purchase of shares and businesses and group governance issues, leveraged buy-out, acquisition finance and structured finance, mergers, joint-venture, company and debt restructuring. He is also experienced in extraordinary transactions in real estate. As to M&A transactions, Matteo regularly represents multinational companies, industrial groups, entrepreneurs and private equity funds in a wide variety of transactions both national and international, including acquisitions and divestitures of equity interests, businesses and minority investment in public and private companies. Matteo has also gained significant experience in drafting and negotiating joint venture agreements, shareholders’ agreements and commercial agreements relating to Italian and foreign clients. · Corporate / M&A

Matteo Delucchi

Matteo is a partner at Giovannelli e Associati. Matteo advises mainly on corporate and commercial extraordinary transactions, including, M&A, Private Equity, Venture Capital and Joint Ventures. Furthermore, he is often involved in debt restructuring transactions or turnaround acquisitions. In addition, Matteo’s experience includes litigation and he provides assistance in relation to corporate, commercial and contract matters. · Corporate / M&A

Michele Delfini

Michele is a partner at Giovannelli e Associati. His practice primarily focuses on assistance to companies, banks, insurance and other regulated entities on both corporate law and M&A transactions, and listing and public offering of shares and debt instruments. · Corporate / M&A

Michele Mocarelli

Michele is a partner at Giovannelli e Associati. Michele advises on corporate, financial matters and extraordinary transactions, with particular focus on real estate transactions. As to the extraordinary transactions, Michele regularly represents both industrial groups and private equity funds in a wide variety of transactions both national and international, including acquisitions and divestitures, various kind of financing and debt and corporate restructuring. Michele has also gained a multiannual experience in drafting and negotiating acquisition and investment agreements, shareholders’ agreements and a variety of property and real estate related agreements, both for Italian and foreign clients. · Corporate / M&A

Nicoletta Carapella

Nicoletta is a partner at Giovannelli e Associati. Dual-qualified in Italy and New York, Nicoletta advises Italian and foreign companies and private equity funds on a wide variety of domestic and cross-border transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, minority investments in public and private companies, divestitures, joint ventures, restructurings and other corporate matters. Nicoletta has particular and significant experience in the chemicals, food, fashion and luxury, pharmaceuticals, industrials sectors, as well as NPLs. · Corporate / M&A

Paolo Bertolini

Paolo is a partner at Giovannelli e Associati. Paolo specializes in administrative law, with a particular focus on environmental, urban planning and construction law. He has gained extensive experience in providing legal assistance to multinational companies and private equity funds on environmental liability policies and regimes, managing related risks and assisting in administrative proceedings for the remediation of contaminated sites. Paolo also provides legal assistance in relation to strategic infrastructures, real estate, and industrial development projects, assisting clients in the permitting phase and in the management of related authorization procedures. His practice also includes assistance in administrative proceedings in sectors regulated by independent administrative authorities. He is also active in the areas of ESG and climate change. · Administrative Law

Paolo Ferrandi

Paolo is partner at Giovannelli e Associati. Paolo advises primarily on structure and tax aspects relating to mergers and acquisitions, refinancing and international tax law transactions. During the years, Paolo specialized in the assistance to institutional investors, such as private equity funds and banks, and to multinational corporations assisting them also coordinating cross-border transactions. · Tax

Pasquale Cardellicchio

Pasquale is a partner at Giovannelli e Associati. Pasquale specializes in dispute resolution and has gained a significant experience on the areas of banking, finance, corporate and insolvency, for the main domestic and international financial institutions. Pasquale spent the initial years of his career working on criminal law matters and has built on that experience to develop a practice in investigation proceedings by Consob or by the Public Prosecution in relation to white collar crimes and crimes against companies and public entities. · Litigation

Pasquale Marini

Pasquale is a partner at Giovannelli e Associati. Pasquale advises private equity funds, multinational groups, entrepreneurs, industrial clients and financial institutions on M&A transactions (both domestic and cross border), corporate governance and reorganization matters. · Corporate / M&A

Riccardo Pontremoli

Riccardo is a partner at Giovannelli e Associati. Riccardo gained significant experience in commercial and administrative law in several industrial sectors, with a particular focus on energy and gas sector and sectors that require cross-disciplinary expertise as they involve private and public law issues. He has built up significant expertise in corporate litigation and has acquired extensive experience in company and debt restructuring, providing companies in financial distress with ongoing assistance in different stages of bankruptcy proceedings. · Corporate / M&A

Rodolfo Margaria

Rodolfo is a partner at Giovannelli e Associati. Rodolfo's practice focuses primarily on banking, financial and insurance regulation. He provides ongoing assistance to management companies, alternative managers, investment firms, banks, other financial intermediaries, as well as insurance companies and other insurance brokers in relation to supervisory and compliance matters, corporate governance rules, codes of conduct and operational impacts stemming from the implementation of EU and Italian regulations. He has developed specific expertise in the collective asset management, with particular focus on alternative investment funds, establishment of investment vehicles operating in the private capital and real estate market, as well as the marketing of investment funds. · Banking & Finance

Saverio Pizzi

Saverio is partner at Giovannelli e Associati. Saverio advises multinational enterprises based in Italy on their day-to-day activities in corporate tax, VAT, customs matters, and M&A transactions. He also advises private equity funds operating both in Italy and abroad, providing tax advice in connection with the structuring of acquisitions. · Tax

Stefano Traniello

Stefano is a partner at Giovannelli e Associati. Stefano primarily focuses on corporate and commercial law, with particular reference to extraordinary transactions, M&A, in the industrial, banking and financial sectors, joint ventures and private equity, start-up, financing in real estate transactions, acquisition finance. He also has a wide experience in corporate litigation. Before joining Giovannelli e Associati, Stefano was a partner at leading Italian and international law firms. · Corporate / M&A